Its more a matter that you don't want the expansion bottle to be empty. Doing it as
described by the Haynes manual will at worse result in some coolant loss out the vent
hole of the expansion bottle initially. After that, the bottle will be holding an
adequate amount of coolant.
>>> Andrew Be
There are always places in the system where air gets trapped until the
engine is run so that's why the level drops. Of course needs to get to
temp up to open the thermostat to the radiator of course. Then the
pressure has to open the radiator pressure cap.
On my Ford Contour I once watched this
1979 Triumph Spitfire
Just finished installing a new water pump and getting everything back
together. My Haynes manual says to full the radiator up to the top, also
fill the expansion bottle up to the top. Then let the car run at about
1000rpm. Then if the expansion bottle drops below half, ref
Sounds like one is for the carbon canister of the emissions system perhaps?
Alan
Andrew Beck wrote:
It seems that I have two brackets in place for coolant expansion
bottlesOne is immediately in front of the radiator on the passenger side
(that is only a bracket, no bottle in it). The second
It seems that I have two brackets in place for coolant expansion
bottlesOne is immediately in front of the radiator on the passenger side
(that is only a bracket, no bottle in it). The second one (which is in use)
is on the drivers side and is closer to the front of the car -- say 6"-8"
ahead
